1/8 Kakani - Ganapati Naga

The Naga dynasty controlled the Narwar region (ancient Padmavati) during a period when northern India was fragmented among numerous post-Kushana successor states, before Samudragupta's 4th-century campaigns effectively extinguished their independence. Ganapati Naga is among the better-documented rulers of the line, appearing in Gupta records as one of the kings defeated and "uprooted" during Samudragupta's northern conquests — making coins issued under his name datable with unusual precision relative to most anonymous early Indian copper issues.

At 6 mm and under half a gram, this denomination sits at the lowest practical threshold of ancient Indian copper coinage.